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Top scoops from around the world!Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:32:27 +0000en-UShourly1Chelyabinsk Meteorite Was The Result of Asteroid Collisionhttp://scoopgoddess.com/chelyabinsk-meteorite-was-the-result-of-asteroid-collision/
http://scoopgoddess.com/chelyabinsk-meteorite-was-the-result-of-asteroid-collision/#commentsWed, 20 May 2015 08:12:31 +0000http://www.iflscience.com/space/chelyabinsk-meteorite-was-result-asteroid-collision

When an asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia last year it led to some astonishing videos. It is also proving a boon for science, with a new paper putting together the pieces to explore the history of the object responsible.

The asteroid explosion was brighter than the sun for 100km around and generated the second largest airburst recorded. The widespread availability of recording equipment, and the proximity to heavily populated areas meant that vision was available from multiple angles, as demonstrated in this video.

Consequently, scientists were quickly able to establish its size (17-20m) and trajectory to an unprecedented level of accuracy for such a major event. Moreover, fragments have been collected which have been studied around the world. These have been used to indicate the asteroid was a break-away from the 200m wide asteroid 2011 EO40.

Shin Ozawa, a graduate student at Tohoku University Sendai has published a paper in Scientific Reports providing insight into the history of the meteorite’s progenitor. Ozawa found the presence of jadeite in the shock-melt veins others had already identified within the meteorites. Jadeite requires very high pressures to form.

The composition of the jadeite indicates that it was produced very rapidly, but the pressure lasted longer than 70ms. The speed and pressures involved indicated it was the product of two asteroids at least 150m across colliding at relative speeds of 0.4-15.km/s. While such a collision could happen anywhere in the solar system, it is much more in keeping with what occurs in the main asteroid belt than anywhere else.

Other researchers had previously concluded that the shock-melt forming collision happened 290 million years ago, although an earlier event took place not long after the solar system was formed. The jadeite would have been destroyed by subsequent collisions, indicating the asteroid had lived a very peaceful life for almost 300 million years before its fiery end. “The impact event studied here might have occurred at or after 290 Ma ago, and the Chelyabinsk asteroid probably separated from its parent body at this event,” Ozawa and his coauthors conclude.

Objects in the main asteroid belt that get into orbital resonance with Jupiter (for example taking a third as long to orbit the sun so that at every third orbit Jupiter is tugging at them at the same location) get pulled out within ten million years. From there they are usually thrown into orbits that send them into the sun, or cause them to collide with one of the planets. Consequently, Ozawa and his colleagues conclude, “The Chelyabinsk asteroid blasted off from its parent body could have moved into an orbital resonance at <10Ma ago, and then been delivered into an Earth-crossing orbit.”

By learning how Near-Earth Objects form, Ozawa hopes to help us understand the danger posed to the Earth by such objects. The Chelyabinsk event injured more than 1000 people, but fortunately killed no one, despite releasing more energy than the Hiroshima bomb. Next time we may not be so lucky.

(a) The host-rock of the Chelyabinsk meteor. (b) A shock-melt vein cutting through the host-rock. (c) Coarse-grained fragments and fine-grained matrix in a shock-melt vein. (d) Enlarged view of the area shown by the white rectangular in (c). Needle-like and skeletal-rhombic crystals of jadeite occur with feldspathic glass.

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]]>http://scoopgoddess.com/cat-and-banana/feed/018 Things That Inevitably Happen When You First Move To Londonhttp://scoopgoddess.com/18-things-that-inevitably-happen-when-you-first-move-to-london/
http://scoopgoddess.com/18-things-that-inevitably-happen-when-you-first-move-to-london/#commentsWed, 20 May 2015 08:10:07 +0000http://buzzfeed.com/bethanyo465891d03/18-things-that-inevitably-happen-when-you-first-mo-wi1h

1. Waiting to go through customs and worrying that they won’t let you into the country.

18. Going about your day and suddenly remembering that you LIVE IN FREAKING LONDON.

]]>http://scoopgoddess.com/18-things-that-inevitably-happen-when-you-first-move-to-london/feed/016 Reasons Why She Didn’t Want To Go Out With You Againhttp://scoopgoddess.com/16-reasons-why-she-didnt-want-to-go-out-with-you-again/
http://scoopgoddess.com/16-reasons-why-she-didnt-want-to-go-out-with-you-again/#commentsWed, 20 May 2015 08:04:00 +0000http://buzzfeed.com/elizabethmarie/16-reasons-why-she-didnt-want-to-go-out-with-you-ryqjI asked sixteen girls why they didn’t give a guy a second chance and this is what they said.

1. In the first heat of the first round of the Women’s 400m hurdles, one of the favorites tripped on the first hurdle and fell over.

2. This is her name.

]]>http://scoopgoddess.com/olympic-hurdler-stumbles-has-the-perfect-name/feed/0Arcade Fire Are Playing A Show With…Céline Dionhttp://scoopgoddess.com/arcade-fire-are-playing-a-show-with-celine-dion/
http://scoopgoddess.com/arcade-fire-are-playing-a-show-with-celine-dion/#commentsWed, 20 May 2015 08:01:02 +0000http://buzzfeed.com/perpetua/arcade-fire-are-going-to-play-a-show-withclin

Arcade Fire and Céline Dion will perform at a special concert at the Métropolis in Montreal on October 1st to raise money for the family of Denis Blanchette, a lighting technician who was fatally shot at a victory party for Pauline Marois, the new Premier of Quebec. This is really cool, though it seems like the crossover between the audiences for Céline Dion and Arcade Fire looks something like this:

Anyway, hopefully Arcade Fire and Céline will do something cool together, along the lines of the band joining up with David Byrne and Nikolai Fraiture from The Strokes to perform KC and the Sunshine Band’s “That the Way (I Like It),” like they did at a charity basketball game over the weekend. No really, that actually happened:

Carpool Apps

This app is designed specifically for students who carpool to school. Find out who lives near you and invite them to form a carpool group. You can add members of your group manually or import them from your contacts.

The app lets you manually create a schedule, or it will automatically generate one based on the driver’s preferences, for example, if one person likes to drop off in the morning, or prefers pick-up. If you have a note or update for the group, you can add it in and everyone will be notified.

Particularly useful, you can also email the carpool schedule to those members who don’t have an iOS device, so they can view it on their computers and print it.

As if picking up kids on time isn’t stressful enough, traffic pileups and weather changes can cause unforeseen delays. KarPooler helps you manage your communications with the kids in the carpool and with the other adults, in case you need an assist.

With one button, KarPooler lets you text all adults linked to the kids in the carpool. Great for scheduling, but even more useful for those last-minute emergencies.

The app also lets you send a text to all the kids, should you need to change the pick-up location, say from outdoors to a safer location in bad weather. The driver can use the DropCheck feature, which notifies each adult via text that their kid has been safely dropped off at school or home, a great tool for working parents who want a little additional peace-of-mind.

Car Pool Party was designed to take the stress out of creating and managing a carpool. The app will look at the participants and the past history (if there is one) and determine who drives and when. It also creates a schedule to help you keep track of your turn at the wheel.

There’s plenty of room for flexibility — you can enter drivers or change dates manually. Not sure when you drove last? Tap to bring up the carpool history.

ZimRide uses social networks to enable real-life connections. So if you’re driving from San Francisco to L.A. and want some company or wouldn’t mind someone kicking in for gas, register your ride on the site. After you’ve set your profile and requirements, other users can check out your profile and request to “book it.”

ZimRide profiles also include interests such as musical tastes so there’s no arguing over the tunes on your trip.

Drivers have 24 hours to decide on the passengers, and you’re only charged after you’re accepted.

Corporate campuses and universities also use ZimRide to facilitate rides between known networks.

Cozi is a free online organizer and mobile app. Busy parents love it because it lets them create shared calendars jam-packed with info. Especially helpful, you can assign each family member a color code.

Cozi is a great way to keep track of your carpool. You can make a calendar of driving assignments and view it from any computer or mobile phone. You can also share the calendar with the parents in the carpool, and it will sync to their personal calendars.

You have one set of contacts for work, another for your book group and a third for your kids’ school friends. What a mess! Looptivity helps keep all that in one place by organizing your communications around your various activities.

Create a carpool loop to make sure you’re always able to reach everyone when you need them, whether it’s from a computer or a mobile phone.

]]>http://scoopgoddess.com/6-free-apps-to-organize-a-more-efficient-carpool/feed/0Jeans And Sneakers: How I Learned To Love My Personal Stylehttp://scoopgoddess.com/jeans-and-sneakers-how-i-learned-to-love-my-personal-style/
http://scoopgoddess.com/jeans-and-sneakers-how-i-learned-to-love-my-personal-style/#commentsWed, 20 May 2015 07:54:39 +0000http://buzzfeed.com/mackenziekruvant/jeans-and-sneakers-how-i-learned-to-love-my-personal-styleAfter years of feeling guilty for not wanting to “dress like a girl,” I finally let it go. With a little bit of help from Kristen Stewart.

Robert Pattinson, Austin Butler, and Harry Styles. If you asked me who my style icons are, they’re the first people I think of. Their lack of curves allows their clothing to hang in a way that would never be possible for me. They look like they’ve thought about their outfits even though they probably just pulled on what was lying on the floor. They look great in leather jackets over a hoodie; flawless in a pair of fitted jeans and a dirty T-shirt; and even better in a baseball cap with a pair of sunglasses. I drool over Rob’s collection of vintage T-shirts, envy Austin’s endless collection of jackets, and would kill to look half as good as Harry Styles does in a pair of Chelsea boots. Not to mention I’m pretty sure that Robert Pattinson does literally nothing to his hair. I mean, that’s a freakin’ dream.

Their style is slightly hipster, mostly colorless, and evocative of an “I don’t really care” attitude. They make casual look put-together. When I dress casual, I look like a slob. I recently mentioned to someone how much I coveted their style, and was told, “But…they’re boys.” This is true. I, on the other hand, am not. And yet, for as long as I can remember, I’ve felt a connection to sneakers and plaid instead of ruffles and miniskirts.

In fourth grade, a boy named Charlie and I bonded over wearing the same pair of boy’s sneakers. In sixth grade I wore a selection of lacrosse shorts (man, were they ugly) and my mom cut my hair short because I didn’t want to take care of it. In high school, I owned a collection of ill-fitting men’s shorts from J. Crew. I didn’t wear makeup to prom. On the outside I am, what society would probably call, a tomboy: “a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of a boy, including wearing masculine clothing and engaging in games and activities that are physical in nature and are considered in many cultures to be the domain of boys.” Yet that’s not how I identify.

What I am is a girl who happens to dress outside of the confines of a stereotypical feminine style — and there’s nothing wrong with that. But it hasn’t always felt that way. I come from a family of girls, and my two sisters have developed looks that are distinctly feminine. They happily slap on makeup, and could probably out-walk Victoria Beckham in a high-heel race. For a long time I wore whatever they told me to wear, hoping that at some point it would just click, that I’d start taking their fashion cues to heart. OK, they picked this out, I’d think, so I’ll pick out something similar because if they like it then it must be good. But then I’d wander over to the men’s section and pull out oxfords and army jackets. I’d usually have to fight them to buy it. “Boys don’t like girls that dress like boys,” my sister would scold.

Which is how I ended up with a closet of beautiful dresses, never worn. They sit there waiting for a day that will never come, a day when I’ll feel comfortable in them. Every once in a while I try. The result? I spend the evening emotionally uncomfortable and feeling like a fraud. I constantly worry my ass is showing and bitch to myself about my inability to sit however I want. How can I act like me when I don’t feel like me? At my older sister’s wedding I wore flip-flops for all but the shortest walk from the edge of the aisle to the pulpit. I was so bad at walking down the aisle that my best friend, who was there as my date, laughed at me. When the ceremony was over, I changed back into my flip-flops. The heels have sat in their box ever since.

For years, I’ve been fighting against what feels natural to me because I’ve felt pressure to. When I used to get dressed to go out I would put on a T-shirt and sneakers and feel great, but when I would walk into a bar and every girl around me was in heels and a mini dress, I often felt like the odd girl out. Anytime I was “dressed down” I would be told that I’d look better if I had makeup on, or was asked, “Is that really what you’re wearing?” So I learned to qualify it. “Oh, I didn’t bring anything nicer with me.” “Sorry I’m not really dressed. I came straight from work.” The truth is that I feel comfortable in jeans and I don’t like to change before I go out. There’s nothing wrong with that. So why did I feel like there was?

Part of it, I think, has to do with how clothing options are even marketed to women and girls. Recently I found a pair of totally badass limited-edition gum sole sneakers from Vans. I fell in love with them and dreamed of wearing them with a pair of blue jeans and a gray T-shirt. But they weren’t available for girls. What was available “for just us girls”? These Hello Kitty sneakers.

Now, lots of girls love Hello Kitty, and that’s totally cool. But I am not one of them. This isn’t the first time that I’ve not connected to a line’s “girl option.” I often can’t find the men’s sneakers that I’m looking for and am instead directed to things that are “made for girls.” What does it mean if something’s “made for girls”? Usually that it’s pink, frilly, or hyper-feminine. But I never felt like those things were made for me or appealed to what I actually liked. For a long time, it made me feel like there was something wrong with me, until one day, I decided to stop letting it get to me. One day it clicked. So what changed? Kristen Stewart.

The first time that I saw candid photos of Kristen Stewart, my jaw dropped. I knew a bit about her. She was in Twilight and didn’t really give a shit. She was often pulled apart by the public for not smiling. And I sure as hell knew that she was dating a guy that I often drooled over. But I saw something different from most people. Instead of having a visceral negative reaction to her anti-Hollywood attitude, I saw a bright light in a pair of skintight jeans and a quilted leather jacket. Even when Kristen has to dress up for red-carpet appearances, she is distinctly herself. She’s a girl that has dared to say no even if it meant that the public would call her names. And they did and continue to. One of the comments that I see over and over again on photos of her is that Kristen is obviously a lesbian because of how she dresses.

These comments are the perfect example of why I’ve had such a hard time letting go of the feminine dresses that hang in my closet. Is it possible that Kristen Stewart has feelings toward girls? Yes. It it possible that any other girl in the world does? Yes. Does any of this matter in fashion? No. The idea that jeans, hats, and sweatshirts are only acceptable for lesbians is something that we need to stop saying. We need to start telling girls that it’s okay to like Jay Z’s outfit more than Beyoncé’s and that you can do that without it having any bearing on your sexuality or sexual preference. That you absolutely don’t have to wear what everyone else is wearing. It’s all right if you don’t like the color pink. Fashion designers need to stop making “girl” options not as cool as guys’ options.

Is this change easy? No. But it is necessary. It’s the reason why it’s still hard for many girls to comfortably go against the grain. In the past when I would get dressed for a date, I would try on multiple outfits. The first was what I wanted to wear on my date. The second was what my friends would tell me to wear. As I stood in front of the mirror, I would feel the frustration well up. I never want a guy that would want me in heels all the time. So I’d take off the dress that I had on — the one I thought I should wear — and put on what I was actually most comfortable wearing. And you know what? As soon as I did, I realized how great I looked. Because girls who wear vintage T-shirts are beautiful. And girls who wear sequins are beautiful. And girls who wear T-shirts with sequin skirts are beautiful too. Girls who look unapologetically themselves are the best type of girls. And it’s time we celebrate that.

]]>http://scoopgoddess.com/jeans-and-sneakers-how-i-learned-to-love-my-personal-style/feed/0Computer Programmer: Computers Rig US Electionshttp://scoopgoddess.com/computer-programmer-computers-rig-us-elections/
http://scoopgoddess.com/computer-programmer-computers-rig-us-elections/#commentsWed, 20 May 2015 07:53:49 +0000http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2011/04/20/computer-programmer-computers-rig-us-elections/This video is causing quite a stir. Computer programmer, Eugene, admits under oath that he was asked by Congresspersons to create programs that would rig an election. He also says that elections in America are basically all fixed because of the ease of tampering with the programming.

As computer and electronic voting machines become more mainstream, the issue of computer hacking and cheating has really become a strong fear. This only makes people’s concern over the machines stronger.